Prolific’s Transphobia Policy

At Prolific, we won’t tolerate any type of harassment in our workplace in whatever shape or form. If someone at Prolific is confirmed to have harassed another employee, there will be serious consequences that could lead to termination or more seriously, criminal charges.

Our transphobia policy aims to protect our transgender employees from discrimination and gives guidelines on how to report transphobic behaviour. It applies to every person in our company regardless of gender, sexual orientation, level, function, seniority, status or other protected characteristics.

What is transphobia?

Transphobia is the fear, hatred, disbelief, or mistrust of people who are transgender, thought to be transgender, or whose gender expression doesn’t conform to traditional gender roles.

Transphobia can take many different forms, including;

• Negative attitudes and beliefs
• Aversion to and prejudice against transgender people
• Disbelief or discounting preferred pronouns or gender identity
• Derogatory language and name-calling, bullying, abuse, and even violence

Prolific’s Rules on Transphobia

• No one has the right to be transphobic.
• Transphobia is never too minor to be dealt with.
• We will not allow further victimization of harassed employees.
• We assume every transphobia claim is legitimate unless proven otherwise.
• Those who support or overlook transphobic behaviour are as much at fault, as the offenders.

Reporting Transphobia

If you have experience transphobia (or suspect another person has), please report it to [email protected].

Disciplinary Action and Repeat Offenders

Employees who are found guilty of transphobia the first time will be reprimanded according to our disciplinary policy.